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 Palin Pushes Powell, Voters Away From McCainPosted on Oct 20, 2008
Colin Powell said Sarah Palin was one of the many reasons he decided to endorse Barack Obama. According to an ABC News-Washington Post poll, he has plenty of company. Fifty-two percent of likely voters question John McCain’s judgment because of his running mate choice.
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By BruSays, October 21, 2008 at 2:22 pm #
Cyrena…thanks for the support. Essentially, yes, the political system and the electorate are one and the same. Were more of the electorate caring, educated, involved, and passionate about their country, I guess we’d have long ago pushed for a 3-party system. We’d long ago have pushed the FCC to end of limit the control our Corporate Media has on what we hear and see. And we’d long ago have pushed to expose this administration’s manipulation of the facts leading up to illegal war in Iraq.
But like you said, this is a first step…and a long road ahead.
Report thisBy davidperi, October 21, 2008 at 1:24 pm #
Bachmann of MN who made the statement (MNSBC Hardball) of wanting a news piece from the media to find out who is pro or anti American in the Congress is on the extreme fringes of Republican right…Palin is the same with her jabs and remarks in the latest video bits of this extreme fringe and palling around with successionist groups in Alaska.
This talk is like a new McCarthyism that was in the early 50s.
Report thisBy LJ in MD, October 21, 2008 at 9:10 am #
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I hope everyone saw the segment on the Daily Show last night including the interview with the current mayor of Wasilla. It was perfect - she was not as pretty, but she had the same vacuous stare and idiotic ideas as Palin. She could not come up with any tasks she was actually responsible for in Wasilla, other than signing checks on Thursdays. Not garbage, not police, not schools, not the fire department. But she did, of course, consider herself now qualified to be VP of the US!
Report thisPriceless!
By Mayli Chong, October 21, 2008 at 4:54 am #
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Powell’s endorsement should push voters away from Obama.
Report thisBy cyrena, October 21, 2008 at 4:39 am #
Brusays,
“...What MAKES ME SICK is that we have a political system and an electorate that enabled these people to achieve and aspire to the most powerful position on earth. Something is wrong…seriously wrong…”
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Yes, this IS the most sickening thing, and I have to say that I find the electorate that enabled it far more despicable than the political system, even though they are technically part of the same. (the electorate IS the political system). And, even those who did not ENABLE it, most certainly ALLOWED it, if only because of apathy, ignorance or self interest.
On a brighter note…this says they might finally be waking up. Too bad it took this to do it.
Report thisBy Pegib, October 20, 2008 at 11:37 pm #
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I too am a mother of a special needs child who lived to be only 41 y/o.
Report thisBut being a mother of a child in that catagory does not make the woman suitable to run for the second highest office in this country.
She is from Big Oil territory and that brings in a lot of money to the state. That does not make her qualified.
She is a “DUH?” person and her winking and acting a fool is about as bad as the “The Retarded Cowboy” we have now. She has only used words repeated by her party before being chosen by the senator.
Heaven help us if these two ever get into power.
I want my grand kids and great grand kids to grow up in a changed era of a diverse and united nation of many of different ethnic well educated citizens with the morals and values that has been lost for the last eight years.
God Bless America and keep her strong as she has ever been. Bring back FAMILY PEACE & PROSPERITY with Obama and Biden!
By BruSays, October 20, 2008 at 10:02 pm #
What makes me sick isn’t so much that Sarah Palin is a narrow-minded, vindictive, right-wing creationist.
What makes me sick isn’t so much that George Bush is an incompetent, clueless, uneducated buffoon.
The world is full of right-wing creationists and buffoons.
What MAKES ME SICK is that we have a political system and an electorate that enabled these people to achieve and aspire to the most powerful position on earth. Something is wrong…seriously wrong.
Report thisBy hippy pam, October 20, 2008 at 7:14 pm #
As I watch and listen to this woman….I can envision the “freight train wreck” this country will experience if Ms.Wah-silly ever gets in to a position of power….She can only “screw up” one beautiful state from her position as it is at this time…And I can only hope that her constituents see how she has played DIRTY POOL in this LARGER ARENA…Maybe they will learn a lesson and not allow her to go any further…
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